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South Pacific Photos: Ships

Pacific Boats and Ships

The diversity of ships and boats plying Pacific waters is a barrel of fun. Cruise ships dock briefly in the main ports, but the islands and islanders are served on a daily basis by a variety of vessels. Our travel pictures focus on the workaday ferries which link the capitals to the outer islands. Get ready to embark on an adventure.

All photos on Pacific-Pictures.com are by David Stanley, author of Moon Handbooks South Pacific. The images on this page are details. To view the complete photos, click on the thumbnails.

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South Sea Cruises, Fiji The Tiger IV shuttles between Nadi and the small island resorts of the Mamanuca Group. On Mana Island, passengers go ashore via a wharf. Elsewhere they're transferred to the beach in motor boats or canoes.
		Interisland barges at the main wharf in Apia, Samoa.

		Deck passage on a copra boat, French Polynesia.

Commuter ferries from Nukualofa at Eua Island, Tonga.	The ferry Princess Ashika sank off Tonga in August 2009.	A supply boat at Weno, Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia.

Field trip ship at Yap, Micronesia, resembles a floating city.	Unloading supplies from a barge at Lenakel, Tanna, Vanuatu.	A throng boarding the weekly ferry to Gizo, Solomon Islands.

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Pacific Boats and Ships

South Sea Cruises, Fiji